Accomplished Quote by E. Haldeman-Julius

The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals. Strength enters just as much as the moral element prevails.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture.

— Michele Bachmann

“Nothing has taken more money or killed more people in the history of your race than religion,”

— Jack L. Chalker

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in…

— Felix Adler

Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious.

— Ronald Knox

Ethical religion affirms the continuity of progress toward moral perfection. It affirms that the spiritual development of the human race cannot be prematurely cut…

— Felix Adler

I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind. I say that it has been a detriment to the progress of…

— Culbert Olson

Religious liberalism affirms the moral obligation to direct one's effort toward the establishment of a just and *loving* community.

— James Luther Adams

“One of the most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal suffering. Religion…

— Sam Harris

The civility of the world has reached that pitch that their more moral genius is becoming indispensable, and the quality of this race is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion.

— Khushwant Singh

Over the centuries, we've moved on from Scripture to accumulate precepts of ethical, legal and moral philosophy. We've evolved a liberal consensus of what…

— Richard Dawkins